The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. (Elegies)

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

The Shepherd does not feed on the green land_ He derives joy and pleasure to see His Sheep doing that.

Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock